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Get ready for the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court to go live: 1 April 2023
The European Patent Office (EPO) and participating European Union countries are suggesting that the Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent…
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To UPC, or not UPC: have you decided yet?
The Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is now expected to go live in early 2023. The…
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How do certain brands get away with lookalike products? The answer opens up a can-of-caterpillars…
Intellectual Property (IP) law is not something that easily attracts the UK public’s attention. However this changed significantly when the…
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How do I decide whether to opt out of the Unified Patent Court?
The European Patent Office (EPO) and participating European Union countries are in the final stages of establishing the Unitary Patent…
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Are you intending to opt out of the Unified Patent Court?
The European Patent Office (EPO) and participating European Union countries are in the final stages of establishing the Unitary Patent…
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Net zero: how the Green Channel could help innovators protect their inventions in the UK
Governments around the world have committed to targets to decarbonise their economies in the coming years, in order to limit…
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The Unitary Patent: Is your business prepared for the biggest change to European patent law in 50 years?
The European Patent Office (EPO) and participating European Union countries are in the final stages of establishing the Unitary Patent…
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EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal to give guidance on timings of data submission
In some fields – such as chemistry, biology and physics – results are not totally predictable. However, it can be…
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The verdict is in: it’s a yes from the FDA for the controversial Alzheimer’s drug, after a tricky year for Biogen
The pharmaceutical industry has eagerly awaited the decision from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the first new…
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European Patent Office extends the exemption for filing search reports to China
The European Patent Convention requires that an applicant filing an application at the European Patent Office (EPO) that claims priority…
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ViCo no-go at EPO?
Friday, 28 May 2021 saw a first in Oral Proceedings at the European Patent Office with the live streaming of…
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